diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index de7614561..c9ba0fa1f 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -872,13 +872,17 @@ apply_hotfix() {
 
 fix_wazuh() {
   FILE="/nsm/wazuh/etc/ossec.conf"
-  echo "Detecting if ossec.conf needs corrected..."
-  if head -1 $FILE | grep -q "xml version"; then
-    echo "$FILE has an XML header; removing"
-    sed -i 1d $FILE
-    so-wazuh-restart
-  else    
-    echo "$FILE does not have an XML header, so no changes are necessary."
+  echo "Detecting if $FILE needs corrected..."
+  if [ -f "$FILE" ]; then
+    if head -1 $FILE | grep -q "xml version"; then
+      echo "$FILE has an XML header; removing"
+      sed -i 1d $FILE
+      so-wazuh-restart
+    else
+      echo "$FILE does not have an XML header, so no changes are necessary."
+    fi
+  else
+    echo "$FILE does not exist, so no changes are necessary."
   fi
 }